Education
He graduated from Theatre college in Krakow in 1977 and first came to the United Kingdom the following year, unable to speak English.
He graduated from Theatre college in Krakow in 1977 and first came to the United Kingdom the following year, unable to speak English.
He often works under the name Tomek Bork and has had many film and television appearances. Before this he had appeared in a number of Polish television series and films. In 1980 he moved to the United Kingdom permanently to continue his career.
Since then he has appeared in the films The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Murder on the Moon and Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy.
Notable television appearances have included Doctor Who (The Curse of Fenric), The Bill, Love Hurts, Sleepers, Lovejoy and most recently, Doctors. He has also continued to work in Poland, where he is most well known for playing the lead role in the television drama series, Dom (House) which ran for 7 series over 20 years (1980–2000).
Borkowy has also starred in and produced a number of plays at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the past 18 years. Borkowy now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland and southern Spain.
He runs Universal Arts – an international agency and production company for performing arts, while still working as an actor.